Rhizophoraceae FAMILY

Anopyxis klaineana

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Anopyxis klaineana is a tree with a dense, rounded crown; it can grow up to 50 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be unbranched for up to 20 metres, it is up to 120cm in diameter, sometimes with tall, narrow buttresses[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. , 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its wood, which is used locally and also traded internationally.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Sierra Leone to Nigeria, Cameroon, DR Congo and Uganda, south to northern Angola.

HabitatRiverine, gallery and rain-forest; at elevations from 200 - 500 metres[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ].